Truong Nguyen Tuan Khuong

Fields of Interest: Applied economics, socioeconomic inequality focusing on labour economics (e.g., education and skills, immigration policy, gender inequality), and economics of housing.

Education:  2019 PhD in Economics, McMaster University, Canada.

Profile:  

Khuong Truong is an applied labour economist specializing in social policies and inequalities related to gender, housing, immigration, education and skills. Khuong has a keen interest in exploring and applying various econometric techniques using cross-section, panel, and administrative datasets to understand a variety of socioeconomic issues better and help inform policy makers on these issues. His research contributes to address SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities). He holds a PhD in Economics from McMaster University, an MA in Economics, and a BSc (Joint Honours) in Science and Economics, both from the University of Waterloo. Khuong will continue to explore how policy interventions shape socioeconomic inequality in Vietnam, alongside comparative work on gender pay gaps and just energy transitions in Australia and Africa. 

Peer-reviewed Publications:  

• Inglesi-Lotz, Roula, Jessika Bohlmann, Anna Maria Oosthuizen, Margaret Chitiga‐Mabugu, Heinrich Bohlmann, Getrude Njokwe, Helen Cabalu, Julian Inchauspe, Hiroaki Suenaga, N.T. Khuong Truong. 2025. “Tailored Paths Towards Gender Equality: Insights from South Africa and Australia.” Australian Economics Papers. (DOI: 10.1111/1467-8454.70000).

• Clark, A.V. William, Rachel Ong ViforJ, Susan J. Smith, Gavin Wood, N.T. Khuong Truong, William Lisowski. 2024. “Wellbeing at the Edges of Ownership: The Impacts of Housing Tenure, Social Capital, and Institutions.” International Regional Science Review. (DOI: 10.1177/016001762412911).

• Truong, N.T. Khuong, Susan J. Smith, Gavin Wood, William A.V. Clark, William Lisowski, Rachel Ong ViforJ. 2024. “Mental and General Health at the Edges of Owner Occupation.” International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. (DOI: 10.1108/IJHMA-12-2022-0180).

• Wood, Gavin, William Clark, Rachel Ong ViforJ, Susan J. Smith, and N.T. Khuong Truong. 2023. “Residential Mobility and Mental Health.” Social Science and Medicine: Population Health. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101321).

• Luong, T. Anh, Manh-Hung Nguyen, N.T. Khuong Truong, and Kien Le. 2023. “Rainfall Variability and Internal Migration: The Importance of Agriculture Linkage and Gender Inequality.” Economic Analysis and Policy. (DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2022.11.021).

• Smith, J. Susan, William A.V. Clark, Rachel Ong ViforJ, Gavin A. Wood, William Lisowski, and N.T. Khuong Truong. 2022. “Housing and Economic Inequality in the Long Run: The Retreat of Owner Occupation.” Economy and Society. (DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2021.2003086).

• Mueller, Richard and N.T. Khuong Truong. 2022. “Wage and Basic Skills Inequality between Immigrants by Immigration Admission Categories and Canadian Non-Immigrants.” Empirical Economics. (DOI: 10.1007/s00181-021-02084-6).

• Clark, A.V. William, Rachel Ong ViforJ, and N.T. Khuong Truong. 2022. “Neighbourhood Selection and Neighbourhood Matching: Choices, Outcomes and Social Distance.” Urban Studies. (DOI: 10.1177/00420980211044029).

• Ong, Rachel, William Clark, Susan Smith, Gavin Wood, William Lisowski, N.T. Khuong Truong, and Melek Cigdem. 2022. “Tenure Transitions at the Edge of Ownership: Reinforcing or Challenging the Status Quo?” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. (DOI: 10.1177/0308518X211038946).

• Truong, N.T. Khuong and Arthur Sweetman. 2018. “Basic Information and Communication Technology Skills among Canadian Immigrants and Non-Immigrants.” Canadian Public Policy. (DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2017-032).

• Mueller, Richard, N.T. Khuong Truong, Wynonna Smoke. 2018. “Underrepresentation of Women in Canada’s Information and Communication Technology Sector: What Can We Learn from a Canadian Survey of Adult Skills?” Canadian Public Policy. (DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2017-073).

Working Papers / Work-in-progress:

• “Cognitive Skills, Historically Disadvantaged Groups, and Public Sector Pay Premiums in Canada”, with Danielle Lamb (Toronto Metropolitan University), Richard Mueller (University of Lethbridge), Arthur Sweetman (McMaster University).  

• “When Public Motivation Does Not Explain Turnover and Intention to Quit: What Does?”, with Hang Duong (UWA), Quan Tran, Nguyen Nguyen (University of Greenwich, Vietnam). 

• “Does Gender Shape the Decision to Innovate?”. sole-authored. 

• “Increasing the Chances of Successful Candidacy for Female Ethnic Minority Candidates for the People’s Councils”, with Kim Anh Duong, Hong Viet Le (Vietnam Women’s Academy).